Flooding worst in 500 years in parts of Europe

Sylvia S.
Flooding worst in 500 years in parts of Europe
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  1. toll
    a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges
    The death toll was at least nine.
  2. attribute
    a quality belonging to or characteristic of an entity
    In the Czech Republic, where the deaths of at least seven people were attributed to floodwaters and 3,000 people were forced from their homes, dams were opened to relieve the pressure, pushing the River Vltava higher.
  3. relieve
    free from a burden, evil, or distress
    In the Czech Republic, where the deaths of at least seven people were attributed to floodwaters and 3,000 people were forced from their homes, dams were opened to relieve the pressure, pushing the River Vltava higher.
  4. crest
    the top or extreme point of something
    The river, which flows through Prague, the capital, was expected to crest Tuesday morning, the BBC reported.
  5. deploy
    place troops or weapons in battle formation
    In Germany, soldiers were deployed to beef up flood barriers.
  6. converge
    be adjacent or come together
    The people of Passau -- known as the "City of Three Rivers" because the Danube, Inn and Ilz converge there -- witnessed floodwaters not seen since the 16th century, the BBC said.
  7. inaccessible
    capable of being reached with great difficulty or not at all
    Much of the city of 50,000 was inaccessible and a state of emergency was declared.
  8. flee
    run away quickly
    The BBC said the body of a man swept away while clearing a landslide was found near Salzburg, Austria, where more than 300 people fled their homes because of flooding, and another man was found dead in the state of Vorarlberg, the BBC said.
  9. precaution
    a measure taken in advance to ward off impending danger
    Electricity in some areas was turned off as a precaution.
  10. alert
    warn or arouse to a sense of danger
    Bavaria's flood-alert service said the forecast called for heavy rain that could worsen the flooding along the Danube and the Inn rivers, and other rivers in the area.
  11. mobilize
    make ready for action or use
    Necas called a special Cabinet session Sunday to coordinate an emergency response and mobilized 1,000 troops to help erect metal barriers and fill sandbags.
  12. erect
    upright in position or posture
    Necas called a special Cabinet session Sunday to coordinate an emergency response and mobilized 1,000 troops to help erect metal barriers and fill sandbags.
  13. transit
    a journey
    Acting Prague Mayor Tomas Hudecek told CTK vehicular and public transit would be restricted indefinitely and called on people not to go to Prague unless it was necessary.
  14. restricted
    subject to an act of limitation
    Acting Prague Mayor Tomas Hudecek told CTK vehicular and public transit would be restricted indefinitely and called on people not to go to Prague unless it was necessary.
  15. disaster
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    Parts of the Pinzgau region were declared a disaster zone.
Created on Fri Jun 07 01:45:02 EDT 2013

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